The Fall of the Bell System
Subtitle: A Study in Prices and Politics
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: July 28, 1989
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 398
ISBN-13: 9780521389297
Subjects: American history: postwar, from c 1945 -; Media, information & communication industries; Telephone companies; Economic History; Business & Economics; Business / Economics / Finance; Telephone; Business/Economics; USA; History; Telecommunications; Business & Economics / Economic History; History / United States / 20th Century; Technology-Telecommunications; American Telephone and Telegraph Company; United States; American Telephone and Telegra; Reorganization
First sentence: The Bell System of 1971 was distinguished not only by its size and the problems it faced, but also by the unique relationships it had established over almost a century of dealing with state and federal governments.